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W. R. DEAN & W. H. BARNETT. TAG FASTENER.

No. 445,441. Patented Jan. 27, 1891.

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UNITED STATES ATENT FFICE.

VILLIAM R. DEAN AND WILLIAM H. BARNETT, OE OTTAWVA, KANSAS; SAID BARNETT ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALE TO SAID DEAN.

TAG- FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 445,441, dated January 27, 1891. Application filed June 17, 1890. Serial No. 355,748. (No model.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, WILLIAM R. DEAN and WILLIAM H. BARNETT, of Ottawa, Franklin count-y, Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tag-Fasteners, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof. k

Our invention relates to improvements in tag-fasteners; and it consists in the novel construction of the same, as will be hereinafter specified and claimed.

Our object is to provide a fastener by which I 5 tags may be applied to the cloth-board in a simple and effective manner, and which also obviates the tiresome method now in use. This we accomplish, as will be readily understood from the following specification, talfcn in connection with the drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a side elevation of our invention as about to be applied to the board upon which the cloth is to be wound. Fig. 2 1s a similar view showing the tag applied to the board. Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the tag secured to' the board and the tagfastener detached from the same. I Referring to the drawings by letter, A repsents the fastener, consisting of the arms B, 3 pivoted together at O. A short distance forward of the pivotal point C the arms 13 are bent outward, forming the semicircular loops D. Then, bending again at e, extend forward,

forming the parallel jaws E. Secured "at their rear ends to the outerside of the jaws E are the spring-guides F, having their forward ends turned back at f to prevent the binding or cutting of the cloth. Secured to the side of one of the loops D in anysuitable manner is 4 the stop-plate G, which prevents the tag II,

when placing the same in position, from being forced entirely through the fastener.

The ends f of the spring-guides F pass between the board I and cloth J, as in Fig. 2,

allowing the fastener an uninterrupted passage until the inner face of the tag abuts against the edge of the cloth-board.

The tag-arms, having the pins or tacks secured in their ends, are forced against the upper and lower surface of the board by the hand of the operator closing upon the arms B, as will be readily understood, thus causing the pins or tacks to enter said board and secure the tag in place.

In our patent dated July 8,1890, No. 431,562, we have shown and described, but not claimed,

a tag-fastener upon which the invention described and claimed in the-present application is an improvement.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a tag-fastener, the combination, with the arms B, of the spring-guides F, having the turned ends f, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a tag-fastener, the arms B,pivoted together and provided with jaws having oppositely-located loops forming a recess for the reception of the tag, and the spring-guides secured to the forward end of said jaws, sub stantially as described.

3. In a tag-fastener, the combination, with the arms B, provided with jaws having loops forming a recess in which to insert the tag, of a stop-plate secured to one of said loops, substantially as described.

4. In a tag-fastener, the combination, with the arms B, having jaws provided with oppositely-located loops for the reception of a tag, of the stop-plate secured to one of said loops, and the spring-guides secured to the forward end of said jaws, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM R. DEAN. VILLIAM I-I. BARNETT. \Vitnesses:

J A. AVERY, ALLEN KRATZ. 

